Tom Hanks’ war drama “Greyhound” will make its global debut on July 10, exclusively on the seven-month-old platform Apple TV Plus. Thursday’s announcement came a month after Apple TV Plus bought worldwide rights from Sony Pictures to “Greyhound” following a bidding war for the movie, which was previously set for a Father’s Day theatrical release.
Month: June 2020
YouTube has removed multiple videos whose creators said they were donating ad revenue to Black Lives Matter and other racial-justice causes — but who were trying to game the system. In a recent trend, creators have been offering to donate the AdSense revenue earned from their YouTube videos as a way to raise funds for
It’s all water under the bridge, apparently: Chris Cox is coming back to Facebook as chief product officer, after his sudden departure in March 2019 over an apparent dispute with his boss, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, over strategy. Cox, in announcing his return to Facebook in a post Thursday on the social network, said “it’s a
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter H.E.R. debuted a brand new song during her iHeartRadio Living Room concert on Wednesday. The song is titled “I Can’t Breathe,” referring to the last words of both George Floyd and Eric Garner as they died as a result of police brutality. The powerful track is just one of many in a wave
Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Salma Hayek and Alejandro G. Iñárritu are among the names who have joined forces to form Sifonóforo, the Audiovisual Emergency Fund, in a response to fund the problems faced by below-the-line film workers in Mexico. According to the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC), over 30,000 families have
Sony Interactive’s been tight-lipped about the PlayStation 5, but finally released the first details of the new console during a live-stream on Thursday. Announced at the top of the live-stream, among the first titles for the PS5 will be another installment in the beloved “Spider-Man” series, this time focusing on Miles Morales. Officially titled “Spider-Man:
Sometimes, breaking news means fixing the best-laid programming plans. CNN has recently tamped down its reliance on a Thursday-night “town hall” devoted to analyzing the latest effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, all so it could focus its primetime schedule on recent nationwide protests of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of
Actor Mel Winkler, known for his work across film, TV, theater and voice acting, died in his sleep on Thursday of unknown causes. He was 78. Most notably, Winkler played Joppy, the best friend of Denzel Washington’s character Easy Rawlins in the 1995 thriller “Devil in a Blue Dress.” He also held minor roles in
“The Surrogate” is the kind of movie you’d expect to be based on a stage play, because it is so entirely driven by well-honed dialogue arguing social issues from nicely detailed if schematically conceived character viewpoints — like something by Donald Margulies, Rebecca Gilman or the pseudononymous Jane Martin. That writer-director Jeremy Hersh’s debut feature
Kurt Wimmer’s reimagining of “Children of the Corn” has completed its coronavirus-defying shoot in Australia. The filmmakers employed stringent health and safety protocols, and multiple insurance policies. The producers revealed the previously undisclosed cast of young actors, with Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”) and Kate Moyer (“When Hope Calls”) starring. They are accompanied by Australian
When Ramy Youssef arrived at the Golden Globes in January as a nominee for his work in his self-titled Hulu comedy series “Ramy,” he asked his publicist what she was hearing about who was the favorite to win. “I was like, ‘Any buzz? What do you think? What’s the mood, what’s happening here?’” Yousef recalls
Samantha Ware was 23-years-old when she first stepped onto the set of “Glee.” A few years prior, she chose to leave college, where she was studying to become a music teacher with a minor in journalism, to audition for “The Lion King.” She booked the role of Nala in the Las Vegas stage production, then landed
The BBC will not receive a dividend from commercial arm BBC Studios this year due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, has said there would be no dividend from BBC Studios due to “the collapse of production and advertising revenues.” “The BBC’s financial
Tidal, the streaming platform primarily owned by Jay-Z, is being targeted by a data fraud investigation that was first launched by Norwegian authorities last June, according to Norwegian financial trade Dagens Næringsliv (DN). The formal investigation has been approved by the Norwegian Supreme Court Appeals Committee, according to DN. Tidal’s troubles in Norway begun in
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Universal Pictures’ adaptation of the Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen” looks to be picking up steam, as sources tell Variety that Kaitlyn Dever is in talks to star in the film. Though Universal would not confirm, Ben Platt is also expected to reprise his role as the title character. “Wonder” director Stephen Chbosky will helm
YouTube announced a multiyear, $100 million fund dedicated to “amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists and their stories,” according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. “At YouTube, we believe Black lives matter and we all need to do more to dismantle systemic racism,” Wojcicki wrote in a blog post. “We’re committed to doing
Burnie Burns has flown the Rooster Teeth coop — and is leaving the United States. Burns, who 17 years ago co-founded Rooster Teeth and served as its longtime creative director, announced his departure from WarnerMedia-owned RT on Thursday in a tweet, linking to a new website, burnie.com. “[A]s I set out on this new journey
BET announced Thursday that it is launching a $25 million campaign titled “Content for Change.” The initiative is being carried out by BET and various corporations, civil rights groups, and social justice organizations with the intent to positively impact social justice outcomes for Black Americans. It will support the creation, distribution, marketing, and promotion of
Zoom suspended the U.S.-based account of activists marking the anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown on its platform, drawing criticism that the firm whose product has quickly become ubiquitous in quarantine life is not committed to protecting free speech. On May 31, the U.S.-based human rights campaign group Humanitarian China used Zoom to connect a
Though “The King of Staten Island” is based in part on the real life of Pete Davidson, costume designer Sarah Mae Burton (“The Big Sick”) knew she didn’t want Davidson’s character to look like the “SNL” cast member. “Pete has a distinctive style [“scumbro” — logos, sweats, Hawaiian shirts and neon] in the media, and
Viggo Mortensen and his “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly are looking to reteam on a new film. Mortensen is in negotiations to join Farrelly’s new untitled movie based on the book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.” According to sources, Mortensen would have a supporting role. The book,
Snap is bringing more content to Snapchat users, with a slew of renewals with media partners as well as a slate of more than a dozen new originals and returning short-form shows. The company announced that it has reached multiyear deals with Disney, ESPN, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, the NBA and the NFL to expand content they
Snap took the lid off a number of new products and partnerships for its flagship Snapchat app, alongside new content and originals announcements, at the 2020 Snap Partner Summit. The new tools and partners run across the Snap Kit, Snap Games and Bitmoji ecosystems, and include new Snapchat Camera and augmented-reality features. Snap also introduced
Keira Knightley could be making a big step into television for the first time in a while. The British actress has signed on to star in a series adaptation of Suzanne Rindell’s novel “The Other Typist,” which is now in development at Hulu. “The L Word” creator Ilene Chaiken is set to pen the pilot,
OK, get out your playbooks and follow along: FX and Hulu are separate Disney-owned entities. FX produces original shows for Hulu under the “FX on Hulu” banner. But those shows, which don’t actually air on FX, will be credited by the Television Academy as FX entries at the Emmys. National Geographic and Disney Plus are
Back on Feb. 29, Emmy For Your Consideration season kicked off with a unique panel hosted by Warner Bros. TV: Former “Masters of Sex” stars Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan reunited on stage to promote their new shows, Fox’s “Prodigal Son” and Hulu’s “Castle Rock,” respectively. They didn’t realize it that night, but Sheen and
Negotiators for Hollywood studios and SAG-AFTRA have reached an agreement on a three-year successor deal to the current performers union contract on feature films and primetime television after more than a month of talks. Representatives of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had no comment Thursday about the deal other than saying the
Joe Biden’s campaign launched a broadside against Facebook on Thursday, urging supporters to sign an open letter that calls on the company to stamp out misinformation. In response, Facebook noted that it faces contrary pressure from the Trump administration not to engage fact-checking, and called on elected officials to resolve the company’s dilemma. “Just as
Apple has pledged to donate $100 million to organizations furthering racial equity and justice, joining other media and tech companies backing social-justice causes. CEO Tim Cook announced the initiative Thursday on Twitter, a move that comes amid nationwide protests demanding criminal-justice reform after the police killing of George Floyd. “The unfinished work of racial justice
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